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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WordMeaning
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
swarthyof a dark color, complexion, or cast
embitterto excite bitter feelings in
asinineextremely or utterly foolish or silly
sartorialof or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes
medleya musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces
hatcha small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship)
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
vivisectionthe cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation