GRE Word List
DESECRATE
to violate the sanctity of : profane
The meaning of the word desecrate is to violate the sanctity of : profane.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |