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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disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
constraint | the act of constraining |
saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
pathological | of or relating to pathology |
colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |