GRE Word List

COMPRISE

to be made up of

The meaning of the word comprise is to be made up of.

Random words

WordMeaning
formalitycompliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony
requiteto make return for : repay
cringeto recoil in distaste
prefatoryof, relating to, or constituting a preface
librettothe text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater
shamblesa meat market
patriciana member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
retortto pay or hurl back : return
shangri-laa remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia