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 |
|---|---|
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| benison | blessing |