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 |
|---|---|
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |