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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
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| detached | standing by itself : separate |
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| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
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| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |