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 |
|---|---|
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| unfrock | defrock |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |