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 |
|---|---|
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| faculty | ability |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| thespian | actor |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |