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 |
|---|---|
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| leave-taking | departure |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| inequity | injustice |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |