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 |
|---|---|
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| retrench | cut down |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |