GRE Word List
RECESS
pause; temporary cessation; alcove; secret inner place; Ex. parliament in recess; V. CF. recessive
The meaning of the word recess is pause; temporary cessation; alcove; secret inner place; Ex. parliament in recess; V. CF. recessive.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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slither | slip or slide |
flit | fly; fly or move lightly or quickly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; Ex. a bee flitting from flower to flower |
vulgar | of the common people; deficient in refinement; not refined; coarse; Ex. vulgar display of wealth; N. vulgarism: vulgarity; crudely indecent word; CF. vulgarian: vulgar person; boor; lout |
recreant | disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and cowardly person |
strident | loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency |
accede | agree |
progenitor | ancestor |
apprehend | arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive; N. apprehension |
vaporize | turn into vapor (steam, gas, fog, etc.) |
skulk | move furtively and secretly; Ex. He skulked through the less fashionable sections of the city. |