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 |
|---|---|
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |