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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earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
upshot | the final result : outcome |
mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
maverick | an unbranded range animal |
pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
brisk | keenly alert : lively |
occident | west |