GRE Word List
TENET
a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
The meaning of the word tenet is a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| executioner | one who executes |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |