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 |
|---|---|
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |