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 |
|---|---|
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |