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 |
|---|---|
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |