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 |
|---|---|
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |