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 |
|---|---|
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| ignite | to set afire |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |