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 |
|---|---|
| sublimate | sublime |
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| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| whittle | a large knife |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |