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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |