GRE Word List
INSTITUTIONALIZE
make into an institution; put or confine in an institution
The meaning of the word institutionalize is make into an institution; put or confine in an institution.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| cloying | distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess |
| ashen | ash-colored; deadly pale |
| expose | public revelation of something discreditable |
| suture | stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing; V: sew together a wound |
| lustrous | shining; brilliant; Ex. lustrous hair |
| ferret | drive or hunt out of hiding; hunt with ferrets; drive out (as from a hiding place); expel; uncover or discover by searching; Ex. ferret out the secret; N. small fierce animal which catches rats and rabbits by going into their holes |
| leaven | add leaven to; cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven; N: agent, such as yeast, that causes dough to rise (by fermentation); element that lightens or enlivens |
| inchoate | (of desire, wish, plan) recently begun; not explicit; at the beginning of development; rudimentary; elementary; Ex. inchoate mass |
| emollient | soothing or softening remedy (for the skin); ADJ. |
| malady | illness |