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 |
|---|---|
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| philatelist | a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps |