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 |
|---|---|
| retrench | cut down |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| circlet | a little circle |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |