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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invocationthe act or process of petitioning for help or support
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spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
supinelying on the back or with the face upward
inundateoverwhelm
defeatistan attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat
covetousmarked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions
seclusionthe act of secluding : the condition of being secluded
interdicta Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district
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