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 |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |