GRE Word List
RECITAL
a detailed account : enumeration
The meaning of the word recital is a detailed account : enumeration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |