GRE Word List
DESECRATE
to violate the sanctity of : profane
The meaning of the word desecrate is to violate the sanctity of : profane.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| ebullient | boiling |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| omnipotent | almighty |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| dire | exciting horror |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |