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 |
|---|---|
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| epic | a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |