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 |
|---|---|
| submissive | submitting to others |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |