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

WordMeaning
awryoff the correct or expected course : amiss
askancewith disapproval or distrust : scornfully
embroiderto ornament with needlework
palettea thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on
rhetoricthe art of speaking or writing effectively: such as
habitatthe place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
alimonyan allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce
bludgeona short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon
waggishresembling or characteristic of a wag
bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar