GRE Word List
CLOISTER
a monastic establishment
The meaning of the word cloister is a monastic establishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unsavory | insipid |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| longevity | a long duration of individual life |
| podium | a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |