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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| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
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| ossify | to change into bone |
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| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
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