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 |
|---|---|
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| resign | relegate |
| demerit | offense |
| putrefy | to make putrid |