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 |
|---|---|
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| inequity | injustice |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |