GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| mischance | bad luck |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |