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 |
|---|---|
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |