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 |
|---|---|
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |