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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| spoof | deceive |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |