GRE Word List
RECIPIENT
one that receives : receiver
The meaning of the word recipient is one that receives : receiver.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| billow | wave |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |