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 |
|---|---|
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |