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 |
|---|---|
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| prank | trick |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |