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 |
|---|---|
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |