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 |
|---|---|
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| hap | happening |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |