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.

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subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
volitionthe power of choosing or determining : will
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fortitudestrength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
reiterateto state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect
credoa guiding belief or principle : creed
acquittala setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process