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 |
|---|---|
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| mogul | an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| brink | edge |