GRE Word List
COMPRESS
force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling, reduce fever, etc.
The meaning of the word compress is force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling, reduce fever, etc..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defect | shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join the opposite one) |
| disseminate | distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds) |
| opaque | dark; not transparent; N. opacity |
| qualify | reach a necessary standard; limit the meaning of something stated |
| labyrinth | maze |
| gush | (of liquid) pour out in large quantities from a hole; make an excessive display of feeling (without true feeling); Ex. Blood gushed from the wound. |
| extort | wring from; get money by threats, etc.; obtain by force or threats; CF. extortionate: exorbitant |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing; misconduct (by a public official) |
| herald | messenger; sign of something to come; V: announce; proclaim; Ex. unheralded researcher |
| mountebank | charlatan; boastful pretender |
