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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oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
garnish | decorate |