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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |