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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| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
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| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |