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 |
|---|---|
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| shove | to push along |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |