GRE Word List
RECITAL
a detailed account : enumeration
The meaning of the word recital is a detailed account : enumeration.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| dilute | attenuate |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |