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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stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
credential | warranting credit or confidence |
acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
onus | burden |
archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |