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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WordMeaning
sporadicoccurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances
verbatimin the exact words : word for word
disperseto cause to break up (see break up
equinoxeither of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
prudentcharacterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
abodethe place where one lives : home
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
cohabitto live together as or as if a married couple
prosodythe study of versification