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 |
|---|---|
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |