GRE Word List
SECESSION
withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement
The meaning of the word secession is withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement.
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Word | Meaning |
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ancillary | subordinate |
dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
ensconce | shelter |
spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |