GRE Word List
COMPILE
assemble; gather; accumulate; make (a report or a book) from facts and information found in various places; Ex. compile a dictionary
The meaning of the word compile is assemble; gather; accumulate; make (a report or a book) from facts and information found in various places; Ex. compile a dictionary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indecisive | marked by indecision; inconclusive; Ex. indecisive battle |
| intransigence | refusal of any compromise; stubbornness; ADJ. intransigent: uncompromising |
| satiate | satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger); sate; N. satiety: condition of being satiated |
| instigate | start; urge; provoke; incite; Ex. instigate a search/quarrel |
| ambivalence | the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions |
| pretext | excuse |
| aspirant | seeker after position or status |
| penance | self-imposed punishment for sin; Ex. do penance for one's sins; CF. penitent |
| elegy | poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead); ADJ. elegiacal, elegiac |
| adage | wise saying; proverb |
