GRE Word List

SEQUESTER

to set apart : segregate

The meaning of the word sequester is to set apart : segregate.

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WordMeaning
berateto scold or condemn vehemently and at length
rabidextremely violent : furious
nipto catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
stereotypeto make a stereotype from
disseminateto spread abroad as though sowing seed
prattleprate
marginthe part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter
legacya gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit