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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |