GRE Word List

RECESS

the action of receding : recession

The meaning of the word recess is the action of receding : recession.

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WordMeaning
prizesomething offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance
eclipsethe total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another
vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
nauticalof, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships
roosteran adult male domestic chicken
spoofdeceive
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
wrongheadedstubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control