GRE Word List
RECUPERATE
to get back : regain
The meaning of the word recuperate is to get back : regain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| venue | locale |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |