GRE Word List

SOLITUDE

the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion

The meaning of the word solitude is the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion.

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calculatedapt
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contraveneto go or act contrary to : violate
pertsaucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
lacklusterlacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull
decelerateto reduce the speed of : slow down
regenerationan act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated
cedeto yield or grant typically by treaty
cronea cruel or ugly old woman
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin