GRE Word List

VENERATE

to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference

The meaning of the word venerate is to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference.

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WordMeaning
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cozento deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery
ironicrelating to, containing, or constituting irony
slacknot using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent
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evasivetending or intended to evade : equivocal
infantileof or relating to infants or infancy