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

WordMeaning
prerogativean exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as
vicaran ecclesiastical agent: such as
improprietyan improper or indecorous act or remark
temporizeto act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion
expansivehaving a capacity or a tendency to expand
reconcileto restore to friendship or harmony
detachedstanding by itself : separate
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
mutabilityprone to change : inconstant
lumberto move ponderously