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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|---|---|
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
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| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
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