GRE Word List
HERMITAGE
the habitation of a hermit
The meaning of the word hermitage is the habitation of a hermit.
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| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |