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 |
|---|---|
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| plane | airplane |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |