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 |
|---|---|
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| prank | trick |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| stilted | pompous |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |