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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meager | having little flesh : thin |
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conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
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acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
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