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 |
|---|---|
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |