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 |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| entity | being |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| benison | blessing |