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 |
|---|---|
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| refrain | curb |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| purveyor | one that purveys |