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 |
|---|---|
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| quorum | a select group |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |