GRE Word List
COMPUNCTION
anxiety arising from awareness of guilt
The meaning of the word compunction is anxiety arising from awareness of guilt.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| paramour | lover |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |