GRE Word List
CLOISTER
a monastic establishment
The meaning of the word cloister is a monastic establishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| bulk | magnitude |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |