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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| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
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| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |