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.

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WordMeaning
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
perfunctorycharacterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical
mongrelan individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed
leasha line for leading or restraining an animal
drasticacting rapidly or violently
inerrancyexemption from error : infallibility
conjureto charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly
fraileasily led into evil
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
fiascoa complete failure