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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belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
mausoleum | a large tomb |
casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |