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).

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insalubriousnot conducive to health : unwholesome
impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
ascribeto refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
revulsiona strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal
consequentialof the nature of a secondary result : indirect
referendumthe principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative
intractablenot easily governed, managed, or directed
careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
factiousof or relating to faction: such as