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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| sublimate | sublime |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |