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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Word | Meaning |
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prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
subsistence | real being : existence |
diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
detached | standing by itself : separate |
chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
welter | writhe |