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 |
|---|---|
| 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. |
