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
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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 |