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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defectionconscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion
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tribulationdistress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution
retardto delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment
insuperableincapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
deployto extend (a military unit) especially in width