GRE Word List

ENCOMIASTIC

one that praises : eulogist

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

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privyprivate
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rhapsodizeto speak or write in a rhapsodic manner
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
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impiousnot pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent
scowlto contract the brow in an expression of displeasure