GRE Word List
KUDOS
praise given for achievement
The meaning of the word kudos is praise given for achievement.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
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| sift | to put through a sieve |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
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| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |