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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prodigiouscausing amazement or wonder
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swerveto turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate
arablefit for or used for the growing of crops
panaceaa remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
cameoa gem carved in relief (see relief
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nadirthe point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer