GRE Word List
ASYLUM
an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary
The meaning of the word asylum is an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |