GRE Word List
PLAUDIT
an act or round of applause
The meaning of the word plaudit is an act or round of applause.
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| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| finery | ornament |