GRE Word List
VENAL
capable of being bribed; corrupt; CF. vernal
The meaning of the word venal is capable of being bribed; corrupt; CF. vernal.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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impoverish | make poor; deprive of natural strength or something important; Ex. impoverished soil |
ameliorate | improve |
onslaught | vicious assault; fierce attack; Ex. unexpected onslaught of the enemy |
atrocity | brutal deed; ADJ. atrocious |
panegyric | formal praise; encomium; Ex. I don't deserve such panegyrics. |
preeminent | outstanding; superior |
traumatic | (of an experience) deeply shocking; pertaining to an injury caused by violence; N. trauma: serious wound; emotional shock that causes lasting psychological damage |
grandiloquent | (of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language; pompous; bombastic |
kinetic | producing motion; of motion |
expenditure | payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy |