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 |
|---|---|
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |