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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|---|---|
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
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| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
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| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |