GRE Word List
COMPULSIVE
having power to compel
The meaning of the word compulsive is having power to compel.
Random words
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|---|---|
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| biennial | occurring every two years |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
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| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |