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 |
|---|---|
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| plane | airplane |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |