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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| pummel | pound |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
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| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
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| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |