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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subpoenaa writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure
reconcileto restore to friendship or harmony
defiancethe act or an instance of defying : challenge
lilliputianof, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput
putridbeing in a state of putrefaction : rotten
modishfashionable
qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
witherto become dry and sapless
carnivoroussubsisting or feeding on animal tissues
disgruntleto make ill-humored or discontented