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 |
|---|---|
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |