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 |
|---|---|
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |