GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enhance | heighten |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |