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 |
|---|---|
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |