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 |
|---|---|
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| pilfer | steal |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |