GRE Word List
RECITE
to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
The meaning of the word recite is to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| dissension | disagreement |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| modish | fashionable |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |