GRE Word List

COMPULSIVE

having power to compel

The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.

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grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence
convulsionan abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles
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rompone that romps
reprehensibleworthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable
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emollientmaking soft or supple
evoketo call forth or up: such as
rustleto make or cause a rustle