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 |
|---|---|
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |