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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jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
hortatory | hortative |