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

WordMeaning
tawdrycheap and gaudy in appearance or quality
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downcastlow in spirit : dejected
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despota ruler with absolute power and authority
exhaleto rise or be given off as vapor
theoreticalexisting only in theory : hypothetical
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backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
dynamogenerator