GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |