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 |
|---|---|
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| vixen | a female fox |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |