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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epistemologistthe study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity
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inestimableincapable of being estimated or computed
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infractionthe act of infringing : violation
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ironythe use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning