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 |
|---|---|
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |