GRE Word List
RECLUSE
marked by withdrawal from society : solitary
The meaning of the word recluse is marked by withdrawal from society : solitary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |