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 |
|---|---|
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |