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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prominentstanding out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant
breadthdistance from side to side : width
lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
niggletrifle
bitinghaving the power to bite