GRE Word List

COMPRESS

to press or squeeze together

The meaning of the word compress is to press or squeeze together.

Random words

WordMeaning
bara straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening)
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
enterprisea project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky
pendantsomething suspended: such as
abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
orthodoxconforming to established doctrine especially in religion
allayto subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate
temperatehaving a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature
rudimentaryconsisting in first principles : fundamental
dehydrateto remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water