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
jocosegiven to joking : merry
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma
dolorouscausing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief
adjournto suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time
prostratestretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
paleontologya science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains
aproposbeing both relevant and opportune
altruisticrelating to or given to altruism:
componenta constituent part : ingredient
disperseto cause to break up (see break up