GRE Word List

COMPARTMENT

a separate division or section

The meaning of the word compartment is a separate division or section.

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WordMeaning
reaperone that reaps
tacitexpressed or carried on without words or speech
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
posturethe position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose
pristinebelonging to the earliest period or state : original
odoroushaving an odor: such as
decipherdecode
loathunwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant
bungleto act or work clumsily and awkwardly
meteoricof or relating to a meteor