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 |
|---|---|
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| niggle | trifle |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |