GRE Word List
COMPARTMENT
a separate division or section
The meaning of the word compartment is a separate division or section.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| collected | gathered together |
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |