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 |
|---|---|
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| slake | subside |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| dally | to act playfully |