GRE Word List
HERMITAGE
the habitation of a hermit
The meaning of the word hermitage is the habitation of a hermit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |