GRE Word List
CLOISTER
a monastic establishment
The meaning of the word cloister is a monastic establishment.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |