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 |
|---|---|
| eventual | contingent |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| microcosm | a little world |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |