GRE Word List
VENIAL
of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable
The meaning of the word venial is of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| panoramic | of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |