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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| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |