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 |
|---|---|
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| lewd | obscene |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| entity | being |