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 |
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exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
forebears | ancestor |