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
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
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perquisitea privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages
functionalof, connected with, or being a function
woefulfull of woe : grievous
apocalypticof, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious