GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |