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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sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
condole | grieve |
usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
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