applaudable

[uh-plaw-duh-buhl]

ap·plaud·a·ble

[uh-plaw-duh-buhl]
adjective
worthy of praise or applause; estimable; admirable: applaudable efforts to save the environment.

Origin:
applaud + -able

ap·plaud·a·bly, adverb
un·ap·plaud·a·ble, adjective
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Applaudable is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
WordNet
applaudable

adjective
worthy of high praise; "applaudable efforts to save the environment"; "a commendable sense of purpose"; "laudable motives of improving housing conditions"; "a significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence" 
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