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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| fete | festival |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |