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 |
|---|---|
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |