GRE Word List
HALLOWED
holy
The meaning of the word hallowed is holy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| spangle | a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing |