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 |
|---|---|
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| piscatorial | piscatory |