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 |
|---|---|
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |