GRE Word List
SUSPENSE
the state of being suspended : suspension
The meaning of the word suspense is the state of being suspended : suspension.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |