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 |
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miscreant | unbelieving |
indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
garish | clothed in vivid colors |
tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |