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 |
|---|---|
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| aseptic | preventing infection |