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 |
|---|---|
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| bulk | magnitude |
| quorum | a select group |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| primal | original |