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 |
|---|---|
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| dilute | attenuate |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| occident | west |