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 |
|---|---|
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| regime | regimen |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |