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 |
|---|---|
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |