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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WordMeaning
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence
facetiousjoking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish
ulteriorgoing beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper
screecha high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror
atrophydecrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue
ventto provide with a vent
servitudea condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life
inimitablenot capable of being imitated : matchless
incrustationa crust or hard coating