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 |
|---|---|
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |