GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |