GRE Word List
RECUPERATE
to get back : regain
The meaning of the word recuperate is to get back : regain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| collate | to compare critically |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |