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 |
|---|---|
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |