GRE Word List
ACKNOWLEDGE
to recognize the rights, authority, or status of
The meaning of the word acknowledge is to recognize the rights, authority, or status of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |