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 |
|---|---|
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| spangle | a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing |
| lumber | to move ponderously |