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 |
|---|---|
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| retribution | recompense |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |