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 |
|---|---|
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| succor | relief |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| regeneration | an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |