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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growlrumble
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raspto rub with something rough
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healthfulbeneficial to health of body or mind
testyeasily annoyed : irritable
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur