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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| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |