GRE Word List
COMPELLING
that compels: such as
The meaning of the word compelling is that compels: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suppliant | supplicant |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| dominate | rule |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |