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.
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sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
pathological | of or relating to pathology |
rasp | to rub with something rough |
malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
gush | to issue copiously or violently |
flair | a skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something : talent |
stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |