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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WordMeaning
lagone that lags or is last
forthrightfree from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point
subjectiveof, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as
rhetoricthe art of speaking or writing effectively: such as
slapdashhaphazard
proximitythe quality or state of being proximate : closeness
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
incidencerate of occurrence or influence
militiaa part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency
idolatrythe worship of a physical object as a god