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 |
|---|---|
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| submerge | to put under water |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |