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 |
|---|---|
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| forlorn | bereft |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |