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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anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
authenticateto prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine
swellto expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit
reprisea musical repetition:
mutedbeing mute : silent
seduceto persuade to disobedience or disloyalty
benignof a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life
lagone that lags or is last
ethnologya branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures
precociousexceptionally early in development or occurrence