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 |
|---|---|
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |