GRE Word List
CLOISTER
a monastic establishment
The meaning of the word cloister is a monastic establishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |