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.
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| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |