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
satirea literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
dwindleto become steadily less : shrink
aversiona feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it
prunea plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation
extantcurrently or actually existing
overblownpast the prime of bloom
interveneto occur, fall, or come between points of time or events
sublimeto cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
stymieto present an obstacle to : stand in the way of
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist