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 |
|---|---|
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |