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 |
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braid | to make from braids |
artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
affinity | relationship by marriage |
prosody | the study of versification |
fallible | liable to be erroneous |
elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
compelling | that compels: such as |
wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |