GRE Word List
RELAPSE
the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding
The meaning of the word relapse is the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| heed | to pay attention |
| residual | remainder |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| exploit | deed |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |