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 |
|---|---|
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |