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 |
|---|---|
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| savant | a person of learning |