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 |
|---|---|
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |