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
prelatean ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank
vulnerablecapable of being physically or emotionally wounded
ordinationthe act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained
dementedmad
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
regicidea person who kills a king
shuffleto mix in a mass confusedly : jumble
dowdynot neat or becoming in appearance : shabby
aboriginalbeing the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region
peerlessmatchless