Vocabulary for Achievement (VfA) Lesson 6

1. Accolade (n.):

a. Great praise

b. An award

2. Adulation (n.): Adoration; excessive praise or flattery

 Adulate (v.)

3. Anathema (n.): Something or someone that is greatly hated and avoided.

4. Commend (v.): To give approval or praise

 Commendable (adj.)

 Commendation (n.)

5. Critique

a. (n.) A detailed review; an evaluation

b. (v.) To review discuss, or evaluate

6. Eulogy (n.): A tribute; spoken or written praise, often given in honor of a

person who has died

 Eulogize (v.)

7. Homage (n.): Publicly expressed honor on respect

8. Laudable (adj.): worthy of praise and honor

 Laud (v.)

9. Quibble:
 a. (v.) To criticize, argue, or raise objections over something unimportant

b. (n.) An unimportant complaint

c. Quibbler (n.)

10.Reproach (v.): To criticize or express disapproval

 Reproachful (adj.)