GRE Word List
COMPELLING
that compels: such as
The meaning of the word compelling is that compels: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| fabricate | invent |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |