GRE Word List

LAUD

praise

The meaning of the word laud is praise.

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perpetualcontinuing forever : everlasting
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
repudiateto refuse to accept
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
pertinenthaving a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand
intractablenot easily governed, managed, or directed
predatoran organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation
unprecedentedhaving no precedent : novel
referendumthe principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative
advocateone who defends or maintains a cause or proposal