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 |
|---|---|
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |