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 |
|---|---|
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |