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 |
|---|---|
| demented | mad |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| espouse | marry |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
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