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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stunto make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze
bumpa relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as
codifyto reduce to a code
casualsubject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
opiatean alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance
affrontto insult especially to the face by behavior or language
cursiverunning
chaffingthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
culinaryof or relating to the kitchen or cookery