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 |
|---|---|
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| apiarist | beekeeper |