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 |
|---|---|
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| canine | a conical pointed tooth |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |