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
stoica member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.
credentialwarranting credit or confidence
acknowledgeto recognize the rights, authority, or status of
glossyhaving a surface luster or brightness
onusburden
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
disproportionlack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity
lotan object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with
evanescenttending to vanish like vapor