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 |
|---|---|
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| sophist | philosopher |
| patent | open to public inspection |