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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mercantileof or relating to merchants or trading
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rebusa representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound
disgorgeto discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit