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 |
|---|---|
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |