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 |
|---|---|
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |