GRE Word List

SEVER

to put or keep apart : divide

The meaning of the word sever is to put or keep apart : divide.

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studiousassiduous in the pursuit of learning
academicof, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning
maternalof, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
deprecateto express disapproval of
ulteriorgoing beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
facilitateto make easier : help bring about
abscondto depart secretly and hide oneself
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