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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| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| omnipotent | almighty |
| warranted | sanction |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |