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 |
|---|---|
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
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| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |