GRE Word List
HALLOWED
holy
The meaning of the word hallowed is holy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ravenous | rapacious |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |