GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
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|---|---|
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| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
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