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 |
|---|---|
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| retrench | cut down |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| headlong | headfirst |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |