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 |
|---|---|
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| steep | lofty |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |