GRE Word List
RECITAL
a detailed account : enumeration
The meaning of the word recital is a detailed account : enumeration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| resplendent | shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| afterlife | an existence after death |