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 |
|---|---|
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |