GRE Word List
COMPULSORY
obligatory; that must be done
The meaning of the word compulsory is obligatory; that must be done.
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Word | Meaning |
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categorical | without exceptions; made without any doubt in mind; unqualified; absolute |
felicity | happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.); quality of being felicitous |
giddy | light-hearted; not serious; frivolous; dizzy; causing dizziness; Ex. giddy youth; Ex. giddy climb/height |
coalition | partnership; league; union of separate political parties |
dawdle | loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing |
crypt | secret recess or vault usually used for burial; underground room (under a church) |
slake | satisfy (thirst); quench; sate |
anesthetic | substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesia |
simplistic | oversimplified |
carnage | destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals |