GRE Word List
HYPOTHETICAL
involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural
The meaning of the word hypothetical is involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| encompass | include |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |