GRE Word List
CLOISTER
a monastic establishment
The meaning of the word cloister is a monastic establishment.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| amend | to put right |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |