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 |
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| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |