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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subjectiveof, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as
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indolentaverse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy
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