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 |
|---|---|
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |