GRE Word List
COMPENSATORY
to be equivalent to : counterbalance
The meaning of the word compensatory is to be equivalent to : counterbalance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| melee | a confused struggle |