GRE Word List
RECUPERATE
to get back : regain
The meaning of the word recuperate is to get back : regain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |