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 |
|---|---|
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |