GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pitfall | trap |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| rider | one that rides |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| auroral | dawn |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |