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 |
|---|---|
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |