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 |
|---|---|
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| cipher | zero |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |