GRE Word List

COMPULSION

an act of compelling

The meaning of the word compulsion is an act of compelling.

Random words

WordMeaning
grategrating
aghaststruck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset
promptto move to action : incite
biennialoccurring every two years
deploreto feel or express grief for
proprietythe quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness
seamyhaving the rough side of the seam showing
euthanasiathe act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy
prolificproducing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful
dehydrateto remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water