GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| condign | deserved |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |