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 |
|---|---|
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |