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 |
|---|---|
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |