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 |
|---|---|
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| environ | encircle |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |