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 |
|---|---|
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| ensconce | shelter |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| malediction | curse |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |