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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| arid | excessively dry |