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 |
|---|---|
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |