GRE Word List
RECITAL
a detailed account : enumeration
The meaning of the word recital is a detailed account : enumeration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |