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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WordMeaning
reverendworthy of reverence : revered
badinageplayful repartee : banter
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
libertinea freethinker especially in religious matters
gruela thin porridge
shavingthe act of one that shaves
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
suavitysmoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
typhoona hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea