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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |