GRE vocabulary
Encomium
A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly
Example
"The retirement dinner was filled with encomiums celebrating the professor's four decades of dedicated mentorship."
Etymology
From Greek enkomion, literally meaning 'praise of a victor at a banquet', from en- 'in' + komos 'revel'.
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