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 |
|---|---|
| regime | regimen |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| retiring | reserved |