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 |
|---|---|
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| encompass | include |
| brawny | muscular |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |