GRE Word List
RECIPIENT
one that receives : receiver
The meaning of the word recipient is one that receives : receiver.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |