GRE Word List
CLOISTER
a monastic establishment
The meaning of the word cloister is a monastic establishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| provenance | origin |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |