GRE Word List
COMPELLING
that compels: such as
The meaning of the word compelling is that compels: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |