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 |
|---|---|
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |