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 |
|---|---|
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| haven | harbor |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |