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 |
|---|---|
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| stench | stink |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| pundit | pandit |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |