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 |
|---|---|
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| ensconce | shelter |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |