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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| peerless | matchless |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |