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).
Random words
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| reverie | daydream; abstracted musing |
| odorous | having an odor |
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| recurrent | occurring again and again |
| mortar | vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle |
| cartographer | map-maker |
| pugilist | boxer; CF. pugilism: boxing |
| cognate | having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N. |
| relapse | return to a former state (esp. after improvement); N. |
