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 |
|---|---|
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |