GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| freebooter | pirate |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |