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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| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| sentinel | sentry |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |