GRE Word List
CONSECRATE
dedicate; sanctify; declare as sacred; Ex. consecrate one's life to helping the poor
The meaning of the word consecrate is dedicate; sanctify; declare as sacred; Ex. consecrate one's life to helping the poor.
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bountiful | generous; graciously generous; showing bounty |
soothsayer | one who foretells the future |
chaffing | bantering; joking |
graze | (of an animal) feed on growing grass; cause (an animal) to feed on grass; scrape (esp. the skin) or touch lightly in passing; brush; Ex. We can't graze the cattle till summer; N: surface wound |
slur | pronounce indistinctly; speak indistinctly; mumble |
implacable | incapable of being pacified; impossible to appease; Ex. implacable enemy |
penumbra | partial shadow (in an eclipse); CF. almost shadow |
crabbed | sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting |
ruthless | pitiless; merciless; cruel |
bizarre | fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional |