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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| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| 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) |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |