GRE Word List

APPROBATION

commendation

The meaning of the word approbation is commendation.

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claustrophobiaabnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces
elatedmarked by high spirits : exultant
irrevocablenot possible to revoke : unalterable
prongfork
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
lassitudea condition of weariness or debility : fatigue
pachydermany of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
memorializeto address or petition by a memorial