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 |
|---|---|
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |