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 |
|---|---|
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |