GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
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|---|---|
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
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| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
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| piscatorial | piscatory |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
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