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 |
|---|---|
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |