GRE Word List
AWE
an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime
The meaning of the word awe is an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
ebullient | boiling |
veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
crescendo | a gradual increase |