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 |
|---|---|
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |