GRE Word List
INSTITUTIONALIZE
to make into an institution : give character of an institution to
The meaning of the word institutionalize is to make into an institution : give character of an institution to.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| scotch | scottish |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| hubbub | noise |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |