GRE Word List
SECESSION
withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement
The meaning of the word secession is withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| occident | west |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| sentinel | sentry |