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 |
|---|---|
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |