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 |
|---|---|
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| append | attach |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |