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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| crass | gross |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |