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.

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WordMeaning
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
platitudethe quality or state of being dull or insipid
miteany of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors
obsidiana dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava
finishto come to an end : terminate
factiousof or relating to faction: such as
misadventuremisfortune
chasma deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
halefree from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound