GRE Word List

RECURRENT

running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course

The meaning of the word recurrent is running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course.

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WordMeaning
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
swearto utter or take solemnly (an oath)
detachedstanding by itself : separate
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
cavaliermarked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain
laggardlagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
animadversiona critical and usually censorious remark
mediumsomething in a middle position
tanto make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun