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 |
|---|---|
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| condign | deserved |