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 |
|---|---|
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |