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 |
|---|---|
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |