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 |
|---|---|
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |