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 |
|---|---|
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| lumber | to move ponderously |