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 |
|---|---|
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |