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 |
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| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| warranted | sanction |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |