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

WordMeaning
peregrinationto travel especially on foot : walk
vassala person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant
inestimableincapable of being estimated or computed
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
jibeto be in accord : agree
rebuttalthe act of rebutting especially in a legal suit
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
remorsea gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach
clipencompass
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade