GRE Word List
MONASTIC
of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns
The meaning of the word monastic is of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| approbation | commendation |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| sober | not intoxicated |