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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| document | proof |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |