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 |
|---|---|
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| limp | to walk lamely |