GRE Word List
COMPULSION
an act of compelling
The meaning of the word compulsion is an act of compelling.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cursive | running |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |