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 |
|---|---|
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| convivial | relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |