GRE Word List

COMPULSION

an act of compelling

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

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WordMeaning
cursiverunning
beneficialproducing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit
plastera medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance
hazymade 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
ambrosiathe food of the Greek and Roman gods
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")
bruntthe principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack)
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
intoxicateto excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished