GRE Word List
RECLINE
to cause or permit to incline backwards
The meaning of the word recline is to cause or permit to incline backwards.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| dour | stern |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |