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 |
|---|---|
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
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