GRE Word List
CESSION
a yielding to another : concession
The meaning of the word cession is a yielding to another : concession.
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bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |