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 |
|---|---|
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |