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 |
|---|---|
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
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| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |