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 |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |