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 |
|---|---|
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |