GRE Word List
KUDOS
praise given for achievement
The meaning of the word kudos is praise given for achievement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |