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 |
|---|---|
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |