GRE Word List
HALLOWED
blessed; consecrated; Ex. hallowed ground; V. hallow: set apart as holy
The meaning of the word hallowed is blessed; consecrated; Ex. hallowed ground; V. hallow: set apart as holy.
Random words
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emboss | produce a design in raised relief; decorate with a raised design |
emolument | salary; payment for an office; compensation |
monograph | scholarly article |
postulate | self-evident truth; something assumed without proof; V: assume the truth of (as a basis of an argument) |
babble | chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N. |
rave | overwhelmingly favorable review; V: talk wildly as if mad; Ex. raving lunatic |
tawdry | cheap and gaudy; Ex. tawdry jewelry |
flotsam | drifting wreckage |
prophylactic | used to prevent disease; N: something prophylactic; condom; N. prophylaxis: prevention of disease |
superfluous | excessive; overabundant; unnecessary; N. superfluity |