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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WordMeaning
relegateto send into exile : banish
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tepidmoderately warm : lukewarm
inclinedhaving inclination, disposition, or tendency
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
fronda large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions
declivitydownward inclination
miragean optical (see optical
divulgeto make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)
compilationthe act or process of compiling