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 |
|---|---|
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| hap | happening |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| quotidian | occurring every day |