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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|---|---|
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |