GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| dint | force |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| 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 |