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 |
|---|---|
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |