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

WordMeaning
alcovea small recessed section of a room : nook
exclaimto cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
junkettrip
forda shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading
distinctdistinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete
wontaccustomed
immobilitynot moving : motionless
refractoryresisting control or authority : stubborn
prolificproducing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful