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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| clown | farmer |