GRE Word List
COMPARTMENT
a separate division or section
The meaning of the word compartment is a separate division or section.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |