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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| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
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| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |