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.
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|---|---|
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| diva | prima donna |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |