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 |
|---|---|
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| ebullient | boiling |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |