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 |
|---|---|
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| invalid | not valid: |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |