GRE Word List
COMPRISE
to be made up of
The meaning of the word comprise is to be made up of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |