GRE Word List
RECUMBENT
suggestive of repose : leaning
The meaning of the word recumbent is suggestive of repose : leaning.
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| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
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| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
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