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
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
ambidextroususing both hands with equal ease or dexterity
effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
tossto throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk
capaciouscontaining or capable of containing a great deal
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
premisea proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference
condigndeserved
innuendoan oblique allusion : hint
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral