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 |
|---|---|
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| plethora | an ample amount or number : abundance |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |