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 |
|---|---|
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |