GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| panoramic | of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |