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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| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
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| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
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| plumage | the feathers of a bird |