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 |
|---|---|
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| euphony | pleasing or sweet sound |