GRE Word List
SECESSION
withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement
The meaning of the word secession is withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| demerit | offense |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |