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 |
|---|---|
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |