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 |
|---|---|
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |