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 |
|---|---|
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |