GRE Word List
REFECTORY
dining hall; room where meals are served (in a school)
The meaning of the word refectory is dining hall; room where meals are served (in a school).
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reverie | daydream; abstracted musing |
odorous | having an odor |
cataclysm | deluge; upheaval; earthquake; violent and sudden event or change |
recurrent | occurring again and again |
mortar | vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle |
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pugilist | boxer; CF. pugilism: boxing |
cognate | having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N. |
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