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 |
|---|---|
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| oversee | survey |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |