GRE Word List
RECUMBENT
suggestive of repose : leaning
The meaning of the word recumbent is suggestive of repose : leaning.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| retiring | reserved |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| dynamo | generator |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |