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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |