GRE Word List
CLOISTER
a monastic establishment
The meaning of the word cloister is a monastic establishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |