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 |
|---|---|
| primal | original |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |