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 |
|---|---|
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |