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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WordMeaning
ostensibleintended for display : open to view
draughta rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task
insubordinationdisobedient to authority
peremptoryputting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay
scrapfragments of discarded or leftover food
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
addictiona compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted
dorsalan ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar
stanchto check or stop the flowing of
religiousrelating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity