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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WordMeaning
debutanteone making a debut (see debut
fulminateto utter or send out with denunciation
reticentinclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved
rolling(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments
antiqueexisting since or belonging to earlier times : ancient
insubstantialnot substantial: such as
temperheat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion
declivitydownward inclination
presumptuousoverstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties
incrustationa crust or hard coating