GRE Word List
RECUPERATE
to get back : regain
The meaning of the word recuperate is to get back : regain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |