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 |
|---|---|
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |