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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WordMeaning
fraileasily led into evil
beholdenbeing under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted
siftto put through a sieve
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
mediateoccupying a middle position
prognosisthe prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case
figmentsomething made up or contrived
astigmatisma defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image
amalgama mixture of different elements