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 |
|---|---|
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| spate | freshet |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |