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 |
|---|---|
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |