GRE Word List
CLOISTER
a monastic establishment
The meaning of the word cloister is a monastic establishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maroon | a dark red |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| humdrum | monotonous |