GRE Word List
SEQUESTER
to set apart : segregate
The meaning of the word sequester is to set apart : segregate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |