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).
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amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
fester | to generate pus |
waif | a stray person or animal |
finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
swathe | a band used in swathing |
alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
stem | the main trunk of a plant |
fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |