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 |
|---|---|
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| historic | historical |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |