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 |
|---|---|
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |