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 |
|---|---|
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| intermediary | mediator |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| pantomime | pantomimist |