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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effronteryshameless boldness : insolence
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valedictoryof or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell
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interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
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slackento make less active : slow up