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 |
|---|---|
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |