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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| knead | mix; work dough; mix and work into a uniform mass (with the hands); Ex. knead dough |
| denigrate | blacken; defame |
| witless | lacking intelligence or wit; foolish; idiotic |
| proscenium | part of stage in front of curtain; front arch of a stage |
| distant | reserved or aloof; cold in manner; Ex. distant greeting; ADV. distantly |
| odium | detestation; quality of being odious; hatefulness; disrepute (resulting from hateful conduct) |
| ruminant | animal that ruminates; ADJ. |
| hypochondriac | person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness; ADJ. CF. hypochondria: neurosis that one is or is becoming ill; CF. abdomen |
| incidence | rate of occurrence; particular occurrence; Ex. high incidence of infant mortality |
| confidence | self-assurance; calm unworried feeling based on a strong belief in one's abilities; strong belief in the ability of a person or plan; trust or faith in a person or thing; something confided; secret; Ex. confidence in your ability; Ex. I'm telling you this in confidence; Ex. exchange confidences about their boyfriends; ADJ. confident |
