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 |
|---|---|
| expatriate | banish |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |