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 |
|---|---|
| clip | encompass |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |