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 |
|---|---|
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |