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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WordMeaning
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic
lilliputianof, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput
analogya comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect
bequeathto give or leave by will (see will
slanderto utter slander against : defame
smughighly self-satisfied
malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
pathetichaving a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
despiseto look down on with disrespect or aversion
swindlerto obtain money or property by fraud or deceit