GRE Word List

COMPULSIVE

having power to compel

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

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figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic
astringentcausing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic
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acousticsa science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound
quagmiresoft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot
insularitycharacteristic of an isolated people
panoramicof, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
apparentopen to view : visible
unequivocalleaving no doubt : clear