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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WordMeaning
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
conceptionthe process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both
defameto harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel
ecclesiasticecclesiastical
fulsomecharacterized by abundance : copious
pithyconsisting of or abounding in pith
obnoxiousodiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive
foddersomething fed to domestic animals
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
lumenthe cavity of a tubular organ or part