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

WordMeaning
gossamera film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather
catholicroman catholic
inextricableforming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free
smeltany of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness
pellucidadmitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion
estimablecapable of being estimated
levityexcessive or unseemly frivolity
sedentarynot migratory : settled
ineluctablenot to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable