GRE Word List
REFECTORY
a dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
The meaning of the word refectory is a dining hall (as in a monastery or college).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |