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 |
|---|---|
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| dour | stern |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |