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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WordMeaning
impoverishto make poor
prosperto succeed in an enterprise or activity
filingan act or instance of using a file
defeatistan attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
well-bredhaving or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
exemplifyto show or illustrate by example
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand