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 |
|---|---|
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| collate | to compare critically |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |