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 |
|---|---|
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
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| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |