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 |
|---|---|
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| gazette | newspaper |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |