GRE Word List
KUDOS
praise given for achievement
The meaning of the word kudos is praise given for achievement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |