GRE Word List
LAUD
praise
The meaning of the word laud is praise.
Random words
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unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
homespun | spun or made at home |
semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
brevity | shortness of duration |
distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |