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 |
|---|---|
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| disconsolate | cheerless |