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 |
|---|---|
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| brawny | muscular |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |