GRE Word List
SEQUESTER
to set apart : segregate
The meaning of the word sequester is to set apart : segregate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |