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 |
|---|---|
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| hortatory | hortative |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |