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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |