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 |
|---|---|
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| mystic | mystical |