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 |
|---|---|
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| concatenate | linked together |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |