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 |
|---|---|
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| hortatory | hortative |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |