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.
Random words
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bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |