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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| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
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| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
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| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
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| fiend | devil |