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 |
|---|---|
| amend | to put right |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
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| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |