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 |
|---|---|
| savory | having savor: such as |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |