GRE Word List
REPOSITORY
a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository
The meaning of the word repository is a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| cohorts | companion |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| quench | put out |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |