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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| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |