GRE Word List
CESSATION
a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop
The meaning of the word cessation is a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop.
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| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |