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 |
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| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| 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 |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |