GRE Word List
INVIOLABLE
secure from violation or profanation
The meaning of the word inviolable is secure from violation or profanation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |