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 |
|---|---|
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| encompass | include |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |