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
meticulousmarked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details
foilto prevent from attaining an end : defeat
sporadicoccurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances
baitto persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks
trajectorythe curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space
shearto cut off the hair from
groucha fit of bad temper
puissanthaving puissance : powerful
propellantcapable of propelling
truculencethe quality or state of being truculent