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 |
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| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
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| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |