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
confiscateappropriated by the government : forfeited
neologisma new word, usage, or expression
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
generalitythe quality or state of being general
uxoriousexcessively fond of or submissive to a wife
dismemberto cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
insinuateto impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply
articulateexpressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively
opiatean alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance
exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject