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 |
|---|---|
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| 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 |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |