GRE Word List
RECUMBENT
suggestive of repose : leaning
The meaning of the word recumbent is suggestive of repose : leaning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| diadem | crown |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| billow | wave |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |