GRE Word List
RESUMPTION
an act or instance of resuming : recommencement
The meaning of the word resumption is an act or instance of resuming : recommencement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| retrench | cut down |