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 |
|---|---|
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |