GRE Word List
EXTOL
to praise highly : glorify
The meaning of the word extol is to praise highly : glorify.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| fervid | very hot : burning |