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 |
|---|---|
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| unkempt | not combed |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |