GRE Word List

RECUPERATE

to get back : regain

The meaning of the word recuperate is to get back : regain.

Random words

WordMeaning
eugenicrelating to or fitted for the production of good offspring
scapegoata 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
miscellaneousconsisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous
disbarto expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges
tertiaryof third rank, importance, or value
intelligentsiaintellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite
helma lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
egothe self especially as contrasted with another self or the world
prudea person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum