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 |
|---|---|
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| convention | agreement |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |