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 |
|---|---|
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |