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.

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WordMeaning
rivuleta small stream
besetto set or stud with or as if with ornaments
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
extantcurrently or actually existing
snivelto run at the nose
frivolousof little weight or importance
derivativea word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation
confidencea feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
sundryincluding many things of different kinds : miscellaneous