GRE Word List
SACROSANCT
most sacred or holy : inviolable
The meaning of the word sacrosanct is most sacred or holy : inviolable.
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| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| pediatrician | a specialist in pediatrics |
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| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |