GRE Word List
SUSPENSE
the state of being suspended : suspension
The meaning of the word suspense is the state of being suspended : suspension.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lampoon | satire |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |