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 |
|---|---|
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| pore | to gaze intently |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |