GRE Word List

ENCOMIASTIC

one that praises : eulogist

The meaning of the word encomiastic is one that praises : eulogist.

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WordMeaning
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
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tutelaryhaving the guardianship of a person or a thing
serpentineof or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement)
ennuia feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom
actuateto put into mechanical action or motion
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
agilitythe quality or state of being agile : nimbleness
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
gluttonone given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking