GRE Word List
REVERT
relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion
The meaning of the word revert is relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intransigence | refusal of any compromise; stubbornness; ADJ. intransigent: uncompromising |
| mealymouthed | indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive |
| propagate | increase in number by producing young; multiply; spread; Ex. Most plants propagate by seed; Ex. newspaper propagating their ideas |
| refrain | abstain from; resist; forbear; N: chorus |
| geriatrics | medical treatment and care of old age |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| wizardry | sorcery; magic |
| dissimulate | pretend; conceal by feigning; dissemble |
| lucre | money; profit; Ex. filthy lucre |
| discordant | not harmonious; conflicting |