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 |
|---|---|
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| dingy | dirty |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |