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 |
|---|---|
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| whimsy | whim |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |