GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |