GRE Word List
CLOISTER
a monastic establishment
The meaning of the word cloister is a monastic establishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| collected | gathered together |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |