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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| provident | frugal |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |