GRE Word List
INSTITUTION
instituting; (building for the) organization; established custom, practice, or relationship in a society; mental hospital; Ex. institution of marriage
The meaning of the word institution is instituting; (building for the) organization; established custom, practice, or relationship in a society; mental hospital; Ex. institution of marriage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| import | significance; importance; meaning |
| anthropologist | student of the history and science of humankind |
| perspicuity | clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity |
| nauseous | causing nausea; feeling nausea |
| compatible | harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist together |
| tempo | speed of music |
| repulse | reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship); drive back (an enemy attack); CF. repulse $\neq$ cause repulsion |
| precocious | advanced in development; N. precocity |
| malediction | curse |
| surreptitious | done secretly; secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden |