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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| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |