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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unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
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 |
maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
constraint | the act of constraining |
argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |