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 |
|---|---|
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |