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 |
|---|---|
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |