GRE Word List
COMPRESS
to press or squeeze together
The meaning of the word compress is to press or squeeze together.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |