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 |
|---|---|
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |