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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WordMeaning
enlistto secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest
monolithicof, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge
meticulousmarked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details
strangleto choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle
provisionalserving for the time being : temporary
interdicta Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district
jesta joking or mocking remark
warblea melodious succession of low pleasing sounds
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
ambiencea feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere