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 |
|---|---|
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| pilfer | steal |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| diva | prima donna |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |