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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| Word | Meaning |
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| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| regal | of, relating to, or suitable for a king |
| querulous | habitually complaining |