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 |
|---|---|
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |