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 |
|---|---|
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| conflagration | fire |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| dermatologist | a branch of medicine dealing with the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases |