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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forumthe marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
parryto ward off a weapon or blow
belaborto attack verbally
festerto generate pus
confluencea coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point
syllogisma 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")
reconcileto restore to friendship or harmony
relentto become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity
dawdleto spend time idly