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 |
|---|---|
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |