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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skittishlively or frisky in action : capricious
velocityquickness of motion : speed
lacerationthe act of lacerating
bulgeto jut out : swell
oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
pedantone who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge
phoenixa legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
hoodwinkto deceive by false appearance : dupe
satirea literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn