GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| ravenous | rapacious |