GRE Word List
RECESSION
the act or action of receding : withdrawal
The meaning of the word recession is the act or action of receding : withdrawal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ยน/โโ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |