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 |
|---|---|
| slapdash | haphazard |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| passe | past one's prime |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |