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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WordMeaning
urgeto present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
chastento correct by punishment or suffering : discipline
vociferousmarked by or given to vehement insistent outcry
maladroitlacking adroitness : inept
maleficentworking or productive of harm or evil : baleful
anguishextreme pain, distress, or anxiety
primaloriginal
inimitablenot capable of being imitated : matchless
desperatehaving lost hope