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 |
|---|---|
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| condole | grieve |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |