GRE Word List
VENERABLE
calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments
The meaning of the word venerable is calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| sentinel | sentry |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |