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 |
|---|---|
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| clip | encompass |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |