GRE Word List
VERITY
the quality or state of being true or real
The meaning of the word verity is the quality or state of being true or real.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |