GRE Word List
VERITABLE
being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary
The meaning of the word veritable is being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |