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 |
|---|---|
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |