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 |
|---|---|
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| primal | original |