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 |
|---|---|
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| dally | to act playfully |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |