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 |
|---|---|
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| demure | reserved |