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 |
|---|---|
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |