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 |
|---|---|
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| random | a haphazard course |
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| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
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| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |