GRE Word List
SEQUESTER
to set apart : segregate
The meaning of the word sequester is to set apart : segregate.
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| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| headlong | headfirst |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |