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

WordMeaning
repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
impaleto pierce with or as if with something pointed
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
willowyabounding with willows
acutecharacterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset
mundaneof, relating to, or characteristic of the world
rightfuljust
audita formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation
inhibitedto prohibit from doing something
metaphysicalof or relating to metaphysics