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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addictiona compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
propellantcapable of propelling
satirea literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
exceptionablebeing likely to cause objection : objectionable
placeboa usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder
travailwork especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil
generalitythe quality or state of being general
hereafterafter this in sequence or in time