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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thrashto beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog
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minusculevery small
inscrutablenot readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious
resignationan act or instance of resigning something : surrender
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trothloyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity
plebiscitea vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler
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