GRE Word List
SANCTUARY
a consecrated place: such as
The meaning of the word sanctuary is a consecrated place: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| welter | writhe |
| approbation | commendation |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |