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 |
|---|---|
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |