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 |
|---|---|
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| congruent | congruous |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |