GRE Word List
SECLUSION
the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded
The meaning of the word seclusion is the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |