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 |
|---|---|
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| fauna | animal life |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |