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.
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imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
distort | to twist (see twist |
reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
remunerative | serving to remunerate |
apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |