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.
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| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |