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 |
|---|---|
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |