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 |
|---|---|
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| quarry | game |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |