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 |
|---|---|
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| primal | original |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| expiate | to make amends for |