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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WordMeaning
unwarrantedlacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified
mustera representative specimen (see specimen
bedraggleto wet thoroughly
retrospectiveof, relating to, or given to retrospection
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
encroachmentto enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
maudlindrunk enough to be emotionally silly
constraintthe act of constraining
argotthe language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group