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 |
|---|---|
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |