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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| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
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| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| lewd | obscene |
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