GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
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|---|---|
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
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| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
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