Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Another Term

Another MAT term:




Asperity  (uh-spair-i-tee)






Asperity is harshness or severity.


Total silence at the dinner table, baths in icy water, and prayers five times per day all contributed to the asperity of monastic life.


 
(Sources: Master the Miller Analogies Test, Arco, 2006; www.milleranalogies.com; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/asperity; http://www.stanthonysmonastery.org/monasticism.php)

Compiled for Patricia Ladensack

No comments:

Post a Comment