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 |
|---|---|
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |