GRE Word List

ACCOLADE

a mark of acknowledgment : award

The meaning of the word accolade is a mark of acknowledgment : award.

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unaccountablenot to be accounted for : inexplicable
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halcyoncharacterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden
embarkto go on board a vehicle for transportation
canterone who uses cant: such as
impartto give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store
skimpskimpy
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visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)