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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|---|---|
| shambles | a meat market |
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| dour | stern |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |