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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| submerge | to put under water |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |