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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skinflinta person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
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ambiguousdoubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
stupora condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility
volleythe flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground
adverseacting against or in a contrary direction : hostile
retractto draw back or in
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
fronda large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions