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
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crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
lax | loose |
vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |