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 |
|---|---|
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| scotch | scottish |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |