GRE Word List
CESSION
a yielding to another : concession
The meaning of the word cession is a yielding to another : concession.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |