GRE Word List

COMPRESS

to press or squeeze together

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

Random words

WordMeaning
searbeing dried and withered
codicila legal instrument made to modify an earlier will
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
liabilitythe quality or state of being liable
queerdiffering in some way from what is usual or normal : odd
placeboa usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
pungentsharply painful
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
analogya comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect