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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| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| trample | tramp |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |