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 |
|---|---|
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |