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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vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
imperialof, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor
phyluma direct line of descent within a group
grovelto creep with the face to the ground : crawl
volatilecharacterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change
bandyto discuss lightly or banteringly
prosperto succeed in an enterprise or activity
rococorococo work or style
gullany of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae)
oozea soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water