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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| nourish | nurture |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| brawny | muscular |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| trance | stupor |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |