GRE Word List
SEMINARY
an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated
The meaning of the word seminary is an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| aver | to declare positively |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |