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 |
|---|---|
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| reckon | count |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |