GRE Word List

CONSECRATE

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The meaning of the word consecrate is dedicated to a sacred purpose.

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WordMeaning
incrementthe amount or degree by which something changes
transpireto take place : go on
temperheat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion
conteststrive
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
insuperableincapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
contusioninjury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise
cartographerone that makes maps
chauvinistan attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex