GRE Word List

APPROBATION

commendation

The meaning of the word approbation is commendation.

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dispatchto send off or away with promptness or speed
forfeitsomething forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty
haltingmarked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness
recitala detailed account : enumeration
asperityroughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger
sundryincluding many things of different kinds : miscellaneous
supersedeto cause to be set aside
osseousbony
clapperone that claps: such as
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland