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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|---|---|
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
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| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
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| oaf | a stupid person : boob |