GRE Word List

SUPPOSITION

something that is supposed : hypothesis

The meaning of the word supposition is something that is supposed : hypothesis.

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WordMeaning
platonicof, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism
importto bring from a foreign or external source: such as
extroverta person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction
rococorococo work or style
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
acousticsa science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound
succorrelief
embodyto give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate
ethnologya branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures
ferreta domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat