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
benefitsomething that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage
feasiblecapable of being done or carried out
coymarked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness
guiledeceitful cunning : duplicity
seclusionthe act of secluding : the condition of being secluded
bemoanto express deep grief or distress over
pernicioushighly injurious or destructive : deadly
secessionwithdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement
scrapfragments of discarded or leftover food
stridentcharacterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound