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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WordMeaning
grudgingunwilling
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
maudlindrunk enough to be emotionally silly
accommodateto provide with something desired, needed, or suited
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
inextricableforming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free
effectiveproducing a decided, decisive, or desired effect
misadventuremisfortune
morbidof, relating to, or characteristic of disease