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 |
|---|---|
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |