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 |
|---|---|
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| recast | to cast again |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |