GRE Word List
APPROBATION
commendation
The meaning of the word approbation is commendation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |