GRE Word List
CLOISTER
a monastic establishment
The meaning of the word cloister is a monastic establishment.
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| cadaver | a dead body |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
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