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 |
|---|---|
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |