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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bulliongold or silver considered as so much metal
poseto set forth or offer for attention or consideration
liena charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law
pedanticof, relating to, or being a pedant
apotheosisthe perfect form or example of something : quintessence
stipenda fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses
eclipsethe total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another
fledglinga young bird just fledged (see fledge
virulentmarked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania