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 |
|---|---|
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| shack | hut |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| resign | relegate |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |