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 |
|---|---|
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |