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 |
|---|---|
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| leave-taking | departure |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |