GRE Word List
CLOISTER
a monastic establishment
The meaning of the word cloister is a monastic establishment.
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| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
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| pliant | pliable |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
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| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
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| primal | original |