GRE Word List

RECESS

the action of receding : recession

The meaning of the word recess is the action of receding : recession.

Random words

WordMeaning
salientmoving by leaps or springs : jumping
pestilentialcausing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly
vyingcontending; to strive for superiority
facileeasily accomplished or attained
compatiblecapable of existing together in harmony
emasculateto deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken
vagrantone who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
bristlinga short stiff coarse hair or filament
perspicuousplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation