GRE Word List
RECUMBENT
suggestive of repose : leaning
The meaning of the word recumbent is suggestive of repose : leaning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
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| slapdash | haphazard |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
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| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
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| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |