GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| diadem | crown |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |