GRE Word List
RECESS
the action of receding : recession
The meaning of the word recess is the action of receding : recession.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |