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 |
|---|---|
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |