GRE Word List
COMPOUND
something formed by a union of elements or parts
The meaning of the word compound is something formed by a union of elements or parts.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |