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 |
|---|---|
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |