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 |
|---|---|
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| laud | praise |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |