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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
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| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
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| condign | deserved |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| doddering | feeble |