GRE Word List
RECITAL
a detailed account : enumeration
The meaning of the word recital is a detailed account : enumeration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |