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 |
|---|---|
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| countenance | look |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |