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
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relish | characteristic flavor |
winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
denizen | inhabitant |
elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |