Wondrous Words Wednesday: 4/6/11

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So today's words are from Cassandra Clare's new book City of Fallen Angels.

Cloister: 

1. a monastic establishment
2. an area within a monastery or convent to which the religious are normally restricted 
3. monastic life
4. a place or state of seclusion
5. a covered passage on the side of a court usually having one side walled and the other an open arcade or colonnade

Subjugates: 

1. to bring into subjection
2. to make subservient or submissive
3. To bring under control; conquer.
4. To make subservient; enslave.