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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WordMeaning
prosperto succeed in an enterprise or activity
qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
appurtenancesaccessory objects
irresoluteuncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
primatea bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation
fraileasily led into evil
oligarchygovernment by the few
mannerismexaggerated or affected (see affected
tauntto reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at