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

WordMeaning
indicessigns; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
unfeignednot feigned or hypocritical : genuine
clairvoyanthaving clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception
forthrightfree from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point
capacitylegal competency (see competence
lugubriousmournful
egregiousconspicuous
historicalof, relating to, or having the character of history
discomposeto destroy the composure of
compliancethe act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion