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 |
|---|---|
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| hortatory | hortative |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| doze | to sleep lightly |