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 |
|---|---|
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |