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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Word | Meaning |
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rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
inundate | overwhelm |
retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |