GRE Word List
INSTITUTION
an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character
The meaning of the word institution is an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| reek | smoke |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |