GRE Word List
CLOISTER
a monastic establishment
The meaning of the word cloister is a monastic establishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| charlatan | quack |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |