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kudos

nounCommon GRE wordMore K words

praise or honor received for an achievement

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In a sentence

Kudos in a sentence

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The researcher earned kudos from her peers for the groundbreaking study.

Synonyms
acclaimpraiseaccoladerecognition
Antonyms
criticismcensure

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Verbal · Text Completion

The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.

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Kudos (noun) means praise or honor received for an achievement
Here is kudos used in an example sentence: "The researcher earned kudos from her peers for the groundbreaking study."
Common synonyms for kudos include acclaim, praise, accolade, recognition.
Antonyms of kudos include criticism, censure.
Kudos is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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