GRE Word List
SANCTUARY
a consecrated place: such as
The meaning of the word sanctuary is a consecrated place: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |