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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WordMeaning
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
incubateto sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body
clichea trite phrase or expression
pigmenta substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials
litanya prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
embodyto give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate
quandarya state of perplexity or doubt
pompositypompous demeanor, speech, or behavior