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 |
|---|---|
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| skimp | skimpy |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |