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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| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |