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 |
|---|---|
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |