GRE Word List
SUPPOSITION
something that is supposed : hypothesis
The meaning of the word supposition is something that is supposed : hypothesis.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |