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 |
|---|---|
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
