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 |
|---|---|
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |