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 |
|---|---|
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| concordat | compact |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |