GRE Word List
COMPILE
to compose out of materials from other documents
The meaning of the word compile is to compose out of materials from other documents.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |