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 |
|---|---|
| lugubrious | mournful |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| asunder | into parts |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |