GRE Word List
CONSECRATE
dedicated to a sacred purpose
The meaning of the word consecrate is dedicated to a sacred purpose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |