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 |
|---|---|
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| flail | a 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 |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |