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 |
|---|---|
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |