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 |
|---|---|
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| finished | entirely done |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |