GRE Word List
CONSECRATE
dedicated to a sacred purpose
The meaning of the word consecrate is dedicated to a sacred purpose.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |