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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |