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 |
|---|---|
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |