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
instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke
carousala wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse
figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic
requiema mass for the dead
consistencyagreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence
motea small particle : speck
coquettea woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men
agilitythe quality or state of being agile : nimbleness
irateroused to ire
conventionalformed by agreement or compact