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 |
|---|---|
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |