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 |
|---|---|
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |