GRE Word List
VENAL
capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable
The meaning of the word venal is capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |