SAT vocabulary
Cloister
To seclude or shut up in a monastery or convent; to keep away from the outside world.
Example
"She decided to cloister herself in her study for the weekend, determined to finish her dissertation without interruption."
Etymology
From Old French 'cloistre', from Latin 'claustrum' 'an enclosed place'.
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