GRE Word List
APPROBATION
commendation
The meaning of the word approbation is commendation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| provenance | origin |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |