GRE Word List
CLOISTER
a monastic establishment
The meaning of the word cloister is a monastic establishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |