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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
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