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
inopportuneinconvenient
illusiona misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
orientto direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group
diatribea bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing
rendezvousa place appointed for assembling or meeting
capacitylegal competency (see competence
underlyinglying beneath or below
hermitagethe habitation of a hermit