GRE Word List
ENCOMIASTIC
one that praises : eulogist
The meaning of the word encomiastic is one that praises : eulogist.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| privy | private |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
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| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
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| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |