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 |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| concentric | having a common center |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |