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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |