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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| heed | to pay attention |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |