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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|---|---|
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
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| repercussion | reflection |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |