GRE Word List
ACCLAIM
applaud
The meaning of the word acclaim is applaud.
Random words
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|---|---|
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
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| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
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