GRE Word List

COMPROMISE

settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions

The meaning of the word compromise is settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.

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idyllicpleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses