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 |
|---|---|
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |