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 |
|---|---|
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |